Police cite speeding as cause for deadly Linden-Soesdyke Highway smash-up

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has confirmed that speeding was the cause of the tragic accident that claimed the lives of former national footballer Carl Hunte and his grandson Malique Roberts on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.
That accident occurred at approximately 17:00h on Friday in the vicinity of Kairuni, as Hunte, driving motor car with trade plate BMS #4, was reportedly travelling at high speed in a southerly direction when he lost control of the vehicle.
That circumstance resulted in the vehicle veering into the path of an oncoming lumber-laden canter, GAH 1532, being driven by a 26-year-old resident of Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara.
The Canter driver has said that despite his attempts to avoid a collision, the motorcar slammed into the right side of his vehicle, and the impact caused Hunte’s vehicle to topple several times before coming to a halt on the eastern side of the highway in a wrecked condition.

Public-spirited citizens rushed to the scene and helped to extricate the injured occupants from the wreckage. They were transported to the Linden Hospital Complex, where doctors pronounced Carl Hunte and Malique Roberts dead on arrival.

Hunte’s two other grandchildren, aged 10 and 12, were also injured. The 10-year-old was treated and discharged, while the 12-year-old has been transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital and admitted to the Accident and Emergency Unit in stable condition.
The driver of the canter has been detained as investigations continue.